Lisa And Susanna Essay
Essay Question:
Compare and contrast Lisa and Susanna’s characters in the film. How do the film techniques used reflect how they belong (or not belong) in the outside world?
Lisa and Susanna’s characters in the film are very different even though some aspects of their personality are slightly similar. The film techniques used give us a better idea of how each of their personality is portrayed. Lisa and Susanna both have a disorder and see the world in a different perspective which highlights what kind of person they are and show us the disorder they are suffering through their actions and dialogue.
Susanna is confused as she has borderline personality disorder. Her personality is also somewhat eccentric at times although there is another …show more content…
As Lisa was telling the truth in a hurtful way, she upset Daisy in a way that brought her self esteem down so much that she committed suicide. This scene really highlighted the bad side towards Lisa. What was even more disrespectful was once Lisa found out Daisy committed suicide, she did nothing and smiled out of satisfaction. We see Susanna on the other hand, trying to be sympathetic and cheering Daisy up when she and Lisa had the feud, which makes us see the positive side of Susanna, showing that she cares for Daisy’s emotions. We see also when Susanna found Daisy in the bathroom that she screamed in contempt as she knew Lisa had something to do with this and it was the most horrible sight she would have seen. This shows us the compassion that at least Susanna has for her. Some film techniques that reflect how the atmosphere of this scene was are the camera shots including close-ups showing the various range of emotions from all three of the girls and medium shots which show us their movements and gestures as well as the expressions on their faces. And lastly, the music in the scene was very important. In the bathroom whilst Susanna was crying, depressing and almost thundering music played giving us the expression of sadness and
Compare and contrast Lisa and Susanna’s characters in the film. How do the film techniques used reflect how they belong (or not belong) in the outside world?
Lisa and Susanna’s characters in the film are very different even though some aspects of their personality are slightly similar. The film techniques used give us a better idea of how each of their personality is portrayed. Lisa and Susanna both have a disorder and see the world in a different perspective which highlights what kind of person they are and show us the disorder they are suffering through their actions and dialogue.
Susanna is confused as she has borderline personality disorder. Her personality is also somewhat eccentric at times although there is another …show more content…
As Lisa was telling the truth in a hurtful way, she upset Daisy in a way that brought her self esteem down so much that she committed suicide. This scene really highlighted the bad side towards Lisa. What was even more disrespectful was once Lisa found out Daisy committed suicide, she did nothing and smiled out of satisfaction. We see Susanna on the other hand, trying to be sympathetic and cheering Daisy up when she and Lisa had the feud, which makes us see the positive side of Susanna, showing that she cares for Daisy’s emotions. We see also when Susanna found Daisy in the bathroom that she screamed in contempt as she knew Lisa had something to do with this and it was the most horrible sight she would have seen. This shows us the compassion that at least Susanna has for her. Some film techniques that reflect how the atmosphere of this scene was are the camera shots including close-ups showing the various range of emotions from all three of the girls and medium shots which show us their movements and gestures as well as the expressions on their faces. And lastly, the music in the scene was very important. In the bathroom whilst Susanna was crying, depressing and almost thundering music played giving us the expression of sadness and